I Carry Your Heart

I love this poem by E.E. Cummings; it is one of my personal favorites. For this reason and its relevance to our relationship I included it in my wedding vows to Kyle. In the bible as well as in other published works love is often described as two people becoming one or residing in one another. Agape love is described as a selfless, unending love for others. It is about setting aside selfish thoughts and committing fully to someone else, putting someone else and their happiness and well-being ahead of your own. This poem reminds me of the strength and passion of the commitment made in marriage when upheld as it is designed.

“I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart). I am never without it (anywhere you go I go, my dear, and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling). I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet). I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you. Here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or the mind can hide) and this is the wonder that’s keeping the starts apart. I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart).” – E.E. Cummings

I saw a post from a friend of a pillow someone custom made with part of the poem on it. So of course I could not resist ordering one as well. My hope is that beyond just being a pretty accent in our house that it will remind us of the promise we made to one another and that we work to uphold every day of our lives together!